2021 – 2040 of 2,059 cards where the color identity ≤ BUW and the card types include “instant”
Will of the All-Hunter {1}{W}
Instant
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. If it’s blocking, instead put two +1/+1 counters on it.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
“It’s Snapdax. You’d have a better chance of breaching a wall with a slice of bread.”
—Krek, daysquad captain
Illustrated by Viktor Titov
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Will of the Naga {4}{U}{U}
Instant
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.)
Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don’t untap during their controller’s next untap step.
The charm of a naga is undeniable.
Watermark: Sultai
Illustrated by Wayne Reynolds
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Winds of Rebuke {1}{U}
Instant
Return target nonland permanent to its owner’s hand. Each player mills two cards.
“I have foreseen that you will not pass my trial.”
Illustrated by Mathias Kollros
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Wing It {1}{W}
Instant
Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn. Put a flying counter on it. Scry 1.
After a moment’s confusion, the otter splashed through clouds and gamboled in the wind, delighting in its newfound freedom.
Illustrated by Christina Kraus
Unreleased This card will be released on 2024-06-14, it is not legal in any format until its release date approaches.
Wing Shards {1}{W}{W}
Instant
Target player sacrifices an attacking creature.
Storm (When you cast this spell, copy it for each spell cast before it this turn. You may choose new targets for the copies.)
Her feathers cut the air, as sharp as they are silent.
Illustrated by Daren Bader
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Wings of the Cosmos {W}
Instant
Target creature gets +1/+3 and gains flying until end of turn. Untap it.
The wolf’s startled yelp changed quickly to a howl of elation as she soared over her envious packmates.
Illustrated by Ilse Gort
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Wings of Velis Vel {1}{U}
Tribal Instant — Shapeshifter
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Until end of turn, target creature has base power and toughness 4/4, gains all creature types, and gains flying.
Changeling magic grants unusual wishes.
Illustrated by Jim Pavelec
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Winnow {1}{W}
Instant
Destroy target nonland permanent if another permanent with the same name is on the battlefield.
Draw a card.
“Strength in numbers? I think not.”
—Gerrard
Illustrated by Roger Raupp
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Winter's Chill {X}{U}
Instant
Cast this spell only during combat before blockers are declared.
X can’t be greater than the number of snow lands you control.
Choose X target attacking creatures. For each of those creatures, its controller may pay {1} or {2}. If that player doesn’t, destroy that creature at end of combat. If that player pays only {1}, prevent all combat damage that would be dealt to and dealt by that creature this combat.
Illustrated by Edward P. Beard, Jr.
Part of the Reserved List
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Wipe Away {1}{U}{U}
Instant
Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can’t cast spells or activate abilities that aren’t mana abilities.)
Return target permanent to its owner’s hand.
An eyeblink later, all that remained of the tree-beast was the breeze of its momentum.
Illustrated by Jeff Miracola
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Wipe Clean {1}{W}
Instant
Exile target enchantment.
Cycling {3} ({3}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
“The light of the Ancestor will scour the taint of darkness from the land.”
Illustrated by Arnie Swekel
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Withdraw {U}{U}
Instant
Return target creature to its owner’s hand. Then return another target creature to its owner’s hand unless its controller pays {1}.
“We outnumber them! Charge! Charge! Hey, where’d you guys go? Retreat! Retreat!”
Illustrated by Adam Rex
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Wither and Bloom {1}{B}
Instant
Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn.
{1}{B}, Exile Wither and Bloom from your graveyard: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery.
“Death itself is nothing to cry about. The real tragedy is letting a death go to waste.”
—Dina, Witherbloom mage-student
Illustrated by Richard Kane Ferguson
Unreleased This card will be released on 2024-06-14, it is not legal in any format until its release date approaches.
Withering Boon {1}{B}
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay 3 life.
Counter target creature spell.
“Life for life: this is the immutable law.”
—Panya, Granger Guildmage
Illustrated by Robert Bliss
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Without Weakness {1}{B}
Instant
Target creature you control gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say “destroy” don’t destroy it. If its toughness is 0 or less, it’s still put into its owner’s graveyard.)
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
Illustrated by Alex Konstad
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Withstand {2}{W}
Instant
Prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Draw a card.
“Defense is as much a part of war as offense, the shield as important a tool as the sword.”
—Alovnek, Boros guildmage
Illustrated by Ron Spears
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Wizard's Retort {1}{U}{U}
Instant
This spell costs {1} less to cast if you control a Wizard.
Counter target spell.
“The second mage learned to dissipate blasts of lightning. Threat and response: thus did the study of magic progress.”
—Naban, dean of iteration
Illustrated by Grzegorz Rutkowski
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Wojek Siren {W}
Instant
Radiance — Target creature and each other creature that shares a color with it get +1/+1 until end of turn.
It is the call to arms, the call to fury, the call to blood.
Watermark: Boros
Illustrated by Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Word of Command {B}{B}
Instant
Look at target opponent’s hand and choose a card from it. You control that player until Word of Command finishes resolving. The player plays that card if able. While doing so, the player can activate mana abilities only if they’re from lands that player controls and only if mana they produce is spent to activate other mana abilities of lands the player controls and/or to play that card. If the chosen card is cast as a spell, you control the player while that spell is resolving.
Illustrated by Jesper Myrfors
Part of the Reserved List
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Word of Undoing {U}
Instant
Return target creature and all white Auras you own attached to it to their owners’ hands.
“It was in Urza’s journals that I finally found the secret at the core of the summonings.”
—Journal, author unknown
Illustrated by Christopher Rush
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal